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Do We Actually Need Emotions?
A deep Vedantic look at emotions: why humans need them, why the Self doesn’t, and how identification—not feeling—is the real source of suffering.
The American Mind - How the Gunas Shaped a Culture
A Vedantic analysis of the American psyche, revealing how rajas and tamas have shaped the nation’s myths, leaders, temperament, and cultural destiny.
Why No One Is Coming to Save Us
A reflective essay on why no advanced species is coming to save humanity—and why wisdom remains one of the rarest phenomena in the universe.
The Wealthy and Their Avidya: The Egos That Inherited the Earth
A Vedantic analysis of how extreme wealth amplifies ego, misidentification, and ignorance—revealing that the very people society admires are often the most profoundly bound.
The Unplayed Note: A Vedantic Reading of Keith Jarrett’s “October 17, 1988”
A Vedantic reading of Keith Jarrett’s improvised masterpiece “October 17, 1988,” exploring its arc from chaos to clarity and its hidden structure as Om.
How Does Ignorance Become the World?
Why does the world look unhinged? Vedanta’s answer is unsettling: the world behaves exactly as something built on ignorance would behave. This essay unpacks how avidya unfolds into society — and how clarity changes our relationship with it.
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